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Erskine May (full title: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice, original title: A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament) is a parliamentary authority originally written by British constitutional theorist and Clerk of the House of Commons, Thomas Erskine May (later the 1st Baron Farnborough).
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised provides exceptions to non-renewal through the motions to Reconsider, Rescind, or Amend Something Previously Adopted. In the British House of Commons, a motion or an amendment which is the same, in substance, as a question which has been decided during a session may not be renewed again in that same session ...
^1 Chapter 166 of the Texas Health & Safety Code ^2 Robert L. Fine, M.D.'s detailings of futile care statutes and processes from Baylor Health System ^3 White House Press Briefing 2005-03-21 ^4 As discussed in "Fine RL. Point: The Texas Advance Directives Act Effectively and Ethically Resolves Disputes About Medical Futility. Chest 2009 136(4 ...
Electronic voting was first used in the House on January 23, 1973, to record a quorum call. [24] Under the system implemented in the 1970s, members of the House may vote at any one of a number of stations located throughout the chamber. Each member has a small plastic card, punched identically on either end. [24]
A rare example of a supermajority requirement affecting the Parliament of the United Kingdom is the need for a two-thirds supermajority vote in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords to amend or dissolve the Royal Charter on self-regulation of the press, insofar as it applies in England and Wales. [40] [41]
In Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR), a point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules warrants it. [1] The point is resolved before business continues. The point of order calls upon the chair to make a ruling. The chair may ...
This practice was in direct violation of a Rule of the Texas Legislature; however, no house member had ever been disciplined for the practice. The then-Speaker of the House Tom Craddick, responsible for enforcement of the rule, issued a statement that discipline for violations of the rule is left to the individual house members. [15]
[23] [24] The Texas House of Representatives passed such a bill in 2017 that would be effective 2021. [25] In August 2017 there were thirty-three prisoners in adult prisons and/or state jails who were below the age of 18. [26] In Texas the minimum age at which a child may be adjudicated as delinquent is 10. [27]